variables with html code

spartan3

can i create variables with html code in them and then print or echo out the variable in another php and html file.

for example

<?php
$navigation = "<table width="500" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">

              <td bgcolor="cccccc" align="center">
                  <a href="index.html">Home</a> ]:[
                  <a href="index.html">Calander</a> ]:[
                  <a href="index.html">Search</a> ]:[
                  <a href="index.html">Browse</a>
              </td>";

NEW HTML or PHP FILE

<?php
include(style.php);
echo $navigation ;
?>

</body>
</html>

then it would put out the code showing the table and the links like normal?

bpat1434

yup.

~Brett

Rodney_H_

Why not create a separate file, called "navigation.php" and include it into all the files that need it:

navigation.php:

<?php
// site nav:
$navigation = '<a href="index.php">Home</a> ]:[
	<a href="calender.php">Calander</a> ]:[
	<a href="search.php">Search</a> ]:[
	<a href="browse.php">Browse</a>';
?>

index.php, calender.php, search.php, browse, php, ETC...

<?php /* create regular HTML and include nav where needed */ ?>
<table width="500" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="cccccc" align="center">
<?php
// include nav
include_once('navigation.php');
// echo value
echo $navigation;
?>
</td>
</tr>

bpat1434

Rodney, that's what he was saying.

spartan3 wrote:
NEW HTML or PHP FILE

He knew what he wanted to do, just wanted to know if he was thinking about it right.

Plus, your code wouldn't work. It would just include the variable $navigation. But since you're not echoing it, nothing will print out.

~Brett

Rodney_H_

Brett,

My mistake(s). I deleted my previous post as to not confuse him/others.

Thanks/sorry.

_RH.

bpat1434

It's okay. I was just clarifying so that him/others weren't that confused. You didn't need to delete it.

~Brett

spartan3

how do i make it echo out from the new php file?

bpat1434

how do i make it echo out from the new php file?

You answered your own question... lol.

<?php
include(style.php);
echo $navigation ;
?>

You had everything right to begin with. I was confirming that you did everything right. As long as you include the proper file with the variable you want to echo, then your output should be what you expect.

~Brett

spartan3

oh ok :rolleyes: ...haha...thanks 🙂

spartan3

for some reason its not workn...i do the code like above but when i echo it in the new php file it jus comes up blank.

am i storing the variable right?

also if i jus store

$navigation = "hello world";

and then echo it out on the new php file it still comes up blank...im very frustrated and cunfused :bemused:

Rodney_H_

Hmm...

Are you getting ANY error messages?

Are you making sure to put quotes around the file name:

<?php
// display any error messages while troubleshooting script:
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// include file
include('style.php');
// echo value
echo $navigation;
?>

You are saving your file with a .php file extension, too, right??